diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
index b149cf9f91bc..e8153c16fcdf 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
@@ -351,14 +351,14 @@ static inline void arch_tlbbatch_flush(struct arch_tlbflush_unmap_batch *batch)
  * entries one by one at the granularity of 'stride'. If the TLB
  * range ops are supported, then:
  *
- * 1. If 'pages' is odd, flush the first page through non-range
- *    operations;
+ * 1. The minimum range granularity is decided by 'scale', so multiple range
+ *    TLBI operations may be required. Start from scale = 3, flush the largest
+ *    possible number of pages ((num+1)*2^(5*scale+1)) that fit into the
+ *    requested range, then decrement scale and continue until one or zero pages
+ *    are left.
  *
- * 2. For remaining pages: the minimum range granularity is decided
- *    by 'scale', so multiple range TLBI operations may be required.
- *    Start from scale = 0, flush the corresponding number of pages
- *    ((num+1)*2^(5*scale+1) starting from 'addr'), then increase it
- *    until no pages left.
+ * 2. If there is 1 page remaining, flush it through non-range operations. Range
+ *    operations can only span an even number of pages.
  *
  * Note that certain ranges can be represented by either num = 31 and
  * scale or num = 0 and scale + 1. The loop below favours the latter
@@ -368,12 +368,12 @@ static inline void arch_tlbbatch_flush(struct arch_tlbflush_unmap_batch *batch)
 				asid, tlb_level, tlbi_user)		\
 do {									\
 	int num = 0;							\
-	int scale = 0;							\
+	int scale = 3;							\
 	unsigned long addr;						\
 									\
 	while (pages > 0) {						\
 		if (!system_supports_tlb_range() ||			\
-		    pages % 2 == 1) {					\
+		    pages == 1) {					\
 			addr = __TLBI_VADDR(start, asid);		\
 			__tlbi_level(op, addr, tlb_level);		\
 			if (tlbi_user)					\
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ do {									\
 			start += __TLBI_RANGE_PAGES(num, scale) << PAGE_SHIFT; \
 			pages -= __TLBI_RANGE_PAGES(num, scale);	\
 		}							\
-		scale++;						\
+		scale--;						\
 	}								\
 } while (0)